Where the Romanian word “zeu” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (s.m.):
Lat. deus.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin deus ← itc-ola deivos ← Proto-Italic deiwos ← Proto-Indo-European deywós
- In film dialogue
- 80 times per million words · number 907 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 161 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 143 136 65 55 64 - Swap in a synonym
- șef (French), conducător (Made in Romanian), idol (Old Slavic), zeitate (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card